Sara Saito vs Nicole Melichar — Tokyo Qualifying Round 1

Tokyo · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
JPN
Sara Saito
#281WTA
1393ELO
1395Hard ELO
19 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLLLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 25 September 2023
hard
USA
Nicole Melichar
32 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWLL
Saito S.
6-3 6-2
Melichar N.
Saito S.
662
Melichar N.
32–

Sara Saito defeated Nicole Melichar 6-3 6-2 in the Tokyo qualifying round 1 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Saito S.serving65% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Melichar N.

Melichar N.serving59% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Saito S.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Saito S.Melichar N.
1st serve in·Even
65%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
60%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
41%
40%
Service points won·Slight edge
54%
59%
Return points won·Slight edge
46%
37%
Break points saved·Clear edge
51%
67%
Aces / match·Dominant
1.2
8.7
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.8
6.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (96 vs 3). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Doi M.
Krueger A.
W/O
Hontama M.
Saito S.
6-26-2
Dart H.
Kalashnikova O.
6-06-4
Kawaguchi N.
Sakatsume H.
7-626-4
Papamichail D.
Perez E.
6-46-3
Saigo R.
Hosogi S.
6-16-3
Q1
Doi M.
Matsuda R.
6-36-0
Hontama M.
Imamura S.
6-36-3
Saito S.
Melichar N.
6-36-2
Dart H.
Ishii S.
4-66-16-3
Kalashnikova O.
Naito Y.
2-66-37-64
Sakatsume H.
Hanatani N.
6-26-0
Kawaguchi N.
Schoofs B.
6-46-3
Papamichail D.
Marozava L.
6-16-1
Perez E.
Shibahara E.
3-66-26-3
Hosogi S.
Muramatsu C.
6-37-5
Saigo R.
Olmos G.
7-686-3